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The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) will shortly seek cabinet approval for Oil and Natural Gas Corp to buy the government’s entire stake in refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd in line with the oil ministry’s proposal of creating a domestic oil giant, people with direct knowledge of the matter told ET.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has sounded a high alert in its two state-owned National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) in Kashmir. In the wake of increased infiltration bids by terrorists in the region of north Kashmir, security has been beefed up around the hydel power plants of Uri-I and Uri-II, close to Line of Control (LoC).

Indian conglomerate Adani Group today gave the final investment approval for its controversy- hit 21.7 billion dollars Carmichael coal mine project in australia which had hit several roadblocks over environmental concerns due to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef.

Defying activists from several quarters of Australia and India, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday gave the "green light" for the $16.5 billion Carmichael mine and rail projects in Central Queensland, Australia.

The concept of solar agriculture pumpset, the brain child of Energy Secretary Ajay Jain aimed at drastically bringing down the conventional thermal power consumption and make agricultural operations eco-friendly and independent

Phodabhai Parmar, a 72-year-old farmer, sits on a charpai sipping tea as solar panels gleam in the fields behind him. Parmar is one of six farmers who have formed the world’s first solar irrigation cooperative in Dhundi village in Gujarats Kheda district, about 90 km from Ahmedabad.

Son of late Ved Prakash Goyal who had served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet, Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, has in the past three years completely transformed the power and energy scenario in the country.

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Group is in discussions with the Government of India for facilitating the use of solar energy for charging electric vehicles in India, a senior executive at the company’s local unit told a leading news agency.

An Indian delegation led by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and environment, Forest & Climate Change will be participating in the Second Mission Innovation and eighth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8) along with senior officials from the ministry starting from today in Beijing, China.

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 48.58 per barrel (bbl) on 05.06.2017.

A 750-km proposed natural gas pipeline will link the Northeast with the national grid to meet increasing fuel needs of households and factories in the region, as part of the Modi government’s plan to expand gas availability and double the gas pipeline network in the next few years.

In order to build a 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel at the Sadhu Bet island, the Petroleum Ministry has instructed oil and gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to pay at least Rs 200 cr.

Qatar's dispute with its Arab neighbours will not immediately affect India's gas imports from that country, but rising crude is likely to impact pricing and affect New Delhi's oil import bill if tensions continue for long.

To get a sense of some of the developments about Qatar look at this piece of statistic plus a bit of news. According to the US Energy Information Administration, production of shale oil in USA is expected to reach 5.4 million barrels a day in June, its highest level in more than a year.

In an apparent attempt to beef up security, the high level committee on improving the safety, security and convenience of Railway passengers on Monday decided to install as many as 218 CCTV cameras in the three main railway stations in the city.